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The Desert Training Center ( DTC ), also known as California–Arizona Maneuver Area ( CAMA ), was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert, largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942. Its mission was to train United States Army and Army Air Forces units and personnel to live and fight ...
Fort Irwin National Training Center ( Fort Irwin NTC) is a major training area for the United States military in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California. Fort Irwin is at an average elevation of 2,454 feet (748 m). [ 1] It is located 37 miles (60 km) northeast of Barstow, in the Calico Mountains .
Norton Air Force Base. / 34.09528°N 117.23500°W / 34.09528; -117.23500 ( Norton AFB) Norton Air Force Base ( IATA: SBD) (1942–1994) was a United States Air Force facility 2 miles (3.2 km) east of downtown San Bernardino in San Bernardino County, California .
George Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located within the city limits, 8 miles northwest, of central Victorville, California, about 75 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California. Established by the United States Army Air Corps as an Advanced Flying School in June 1941, it was closed at the end of World War II .
Fort Yuma. Oakland Army Base. Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Mather Air Force Base. McClellan Air Force Base. Presidio of San Francisco. Sacramento Army Depot. San Carlos War Dog Training Center. Colorado.
1941–1995. Merced Army Airfield, November 1942. Castle Air Force Base ( Castle AFB, 1941–1995) is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base in California, northeast of Atwater, northwest of Merced, and about 115 miles (185 km) south of Sacramento . The Central Valley base in unincorporated Merced County was closed in 1995 ...
The 1990–1991 Gulf War was the last major United States Air Force combat operation of the 20th Century. The command and control of allied forces deployed to the Middle East initially as part of Operation Desert Shield, later engaging in combat operations during Operation Desert Storm, were assigned to United States Central Command Air Forces (USCENTAF), the USAF component of the Joint United ...
The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center ( MCAGCC ), also known as 29 Palms, is the largest United States Marine Corps base. The base covers a total area of 1,102 square miles. It was a census-designated place (CDP) officially known as Twentynine Palms Base located adjacent to the city of Twentynine Palms in southern San Bernardino County ...